The Prodigies War

Clang!

Lin Xun put away the Shattered Tragedy Spear.

Yao Tuohai had died, and the grudge between them had been settled, so he felt a weight lifting off him.

Without much emotion, he began to sort out the spoils.

To his surprise, Yao Tuohai, the head of the Yao Family, had few valuables on him except for some aeth crystals and medicinal pills for cultivation.

However, soon, his eyes were drawn to the octagonal nine-storey golden pagoda.

Buzz—

He picked up the treasure. It was surprisingly heavy and felt like he was holding up a mountain. He was only barely able to lift it up after mobilizing his powers. It weighed no less than a hundred thousand pounds.

It had an ancient style, and the body was octagonal shaped. Although it had a lustrous golden color like it was constructed from pure gold, the pagoda body was actually made from a kind of primitive jade. It only emitted a magnificent and golden glow, which made it even more impressive looking.

It was only the size of a palm, but it wasn’t difficult to see that the pagoda had miraculous powers. The octagonal body was divided into eight parts and each seemed to be its own territory. Each side presented mysterious visions such as the sun, the moon, the mountains and rivers, heaven and earth, the stars of the sky, the ancient gods and so on.

It was as though traces of the ancient world were split into eight parts and marked on each side of the pagoda.

For a moment, Lin Xun couldn’t help but fall into a trance-like state. It was as though he could see the pagoda standing tall among the vast starry sky and the boundless earth from the ancient times. It propped up the universe, watched over the eight ends of the earth and illuminated the nine continents!

Unfortunately, the pagoda was damaged. The top of the pagoda should have been engraved, but only traces of the inscriptions remained.

Faintly, there seemed to be a word.

The remaining writing seemed to contain the Dao energy of heavens in its strokes and slashes. Although it was incomplete, it exuded a chilling majesty that made Lin Xun feel small, insignificant and oppressed.

It was just incomplete handwriting, yet it possessed such tremendous divine power. Lin Xun was becoming more and more aware of the extraordinariness of the pagoda.

That was indeed the case. When he fought against Yao Tuohai, he was instantly swept into the pagoda and imprisoned on the first floor. The inside was filled with mysterious golden light with incomparably terrifying power that almost obliterated him.

Fortunately, Yao Tuohai hadn’t fully refined and controlled the mysterious golden light, which allowed Lin Xun to take advantage of the opportunity to mobilize all his power and the Shattered Tragedy Spear to evade the oppression of the golden light and escape.

Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable!

There was no doubt that the nameless pagoda was an ancient treasure with boundless power. Even Yao Tuohai hadn’t truly controlled its divine powers.

Lin Xun put away the treasure, intending to study it more in the future. If he could control it, it would no doubt become another of his trump cards.

Swoosh!

Without further delay, Lin Xun put away the Four Coiling Dragon Pillars and withdrew the illusion.

The battle in the outside world had come to an end, and the huge Yao Family residence had been devastated.

The nearby world had also suffered great damages. Corpses were strewn across the ground and the blood-soaked ground was split with multiple cracks. It was a ghastly scene.

It made sense. How could the Yao Family who was only an overlord in Qingfeng County survive the bombardment of a group of Heaven Ascension cultivators?

Bursts of wailing and sobbing could be heard in the distance. Lin Xun looked up and saw a group of miserable looking women and children.

They were also descendants of the Yao Family, but they were weak and powerless. Following the destruction of the Yao Family, they all became prisoners and were grieving loudly.

On the other side, the cultivators from Stone Cauldron Alms, the Ning Family, the Ye Family, and the Gong Family were going over the spoils.

That was the catastrophe of exterminating a clan. No matter how powerful they were and strong their foundation was, once destroyed, everything would fade like clouds and smoke.

Lin Xun quietly watched on, his expression neither sad nor happy. They brought disaster upon themselves, so who could they blame?

“Yao Tuohai is dead?”

As Mu Wansu came over, her eyes swept over Yao Tuohai’s body not far away, and a strange expression crossed her face.

She never thought that Lin Xun could kill Yao Tuohai, a famous figure of the Heaven Ascension Stage in the southwest province of the empire.

However, Lin Xun, a teenager of the Spirit Sea Stage, had slaughtered him. This incident would no doubt set off a storm if it spread out.

Lin Xun nodded and then looked at the women and children of the Yao Family wailing and sobbing in the distance again. “What will happen to those people?”

Mu Wansu said casually, “It’s very simple. They will be left for the military to deal with. The Yao Family colluded with the Darkness Kingdom, and there is irrefutable evidence for that. The punishment for the crime of treason is execution of the entire clan.”

Lin Xun nodded and didn’t ask any more questions.

“Let’s go, Elder Steel-Blood King is waiting for you in the battleship,” Mu Wansu said gently.

Lin Xun trembled inwardly, realizing that the battle between Life Death Stage Kings that took place beyond the nine heavens had already ended. He didn’t know the outcome yet.

He turned around and walked towards the Mighty Eagle Battleship.

However, he suddenly paused and looked back at the Yao Family residence, only to see it had been reduced to rubble and shrouded in dust and smoke. He heard bursts of wailing echo endlessly across the bloody land.

Then, he retracted his gaze and didn’t turn his head around again.

However, deep down in his heart, he vowed to never let that kind of disaster befall the Lin Family as long as he was alive!

……

At noon that day, the Mighty Eagle Battleship roared, pierced into the sky, and vanished into the horizon.

On the same day, the prestigious Yao Family that had been standing for hundreds of years in the southwest province of the empire was destroyed, and its territories were turned into rubble.

The entire Qingfeng County was shaken, and countless cultivators were struck dumb. The incident sparked a lot of uproar and discussion as it spread throughout the entire southwest province of the empire.

The huge Yao Family had been erased from the empire’s territory! It was no doubt a shocking incident to anyone.

It was only later that the truth gradually came out. Many people finally came to realize that the destruction of the tremendous Yao Family was the doing of Lin Xun!

However, no one could imagine how such a young rune founder would possess such frightening power to destroy an illustrious clan overnight.

However, some major forces knew that behind the clan extermination was the shadow of the darkness race and a battle between true kings.

However, the matter was too shocking and would only cause turmoil in the world if it spread out, so the news was blocked from spreading.

Moreover, only very few people knew that the Yao Family had betrayed the empire.

……

The Mighty Eagle Battleship took off, heading for the Forbidden City.

The incomparably spacious cabin was split into rooms of varying sizes, and in one of the rooms, Steel-Blood King Ning Bugui was laughing heartily.

“Hahaha, I came at the right time. I’ve wanted to kill that old thing for a long time. Unfortunately, he is afraid of death and cares for nothing except for saving his own skin, so he went into hiding and won’t come out.”

“It’s a pity that he managed to escape in the end despite that I have already severely wounded him. He is extremely cunning…” Ning Bugui grunted regretfully.

He glanced at Lin Xun and said, “Little guy, you made a lucky hit this time and helped the empire eradicate trouble. Not bad! Not bad!”

Lin Xun said quickly, “Elder, if you weren’t there, even if I discovered the Yao Family’s betrayal, I wouldn’t be able to do anything.”

Ning Bugui laughed heartily. “Kid, when did you become so humble?”

His eyes sparkled with admiration. Lin Xun’s performance was absolutely splendid.

He killed Yao Tuohai by himself. Perhaps he had achieved that with the help of the Shattered Tragedy Spear, but he also survived a blow from a Life Death Stage King!

That fact alone was enough to make Ning Bugui look at him with admiration.

“Elder, who is this ‘old thing’ you speak of?” Lin Xun changed the topic to the one that he was most concerned about.

“A king of the Water Tribe of the Magi-Brute Race. His name is Shui Qianshan; he made a name for himself more than one thousand years ago and is regarded as an extremely powerful guy.”

Ning Bugui couldn’t help but frown, “That old thing is cautious, cunning, and cowardly. Why would he suddenly appear in the empire? Little guy, do you know why?”

“The Water Tribe…”

A thought struck Lin Xun’s mind. Back when he was in Blood Kill Camp, he had slaughtered many experts of the Water Tribe, and it was also at that time that he inadvertently obtained the Heavenly Water Sacred Bead

The item was rumored to be a sacred treasure of the Water Tribe and had incredible magical abilities. After all, Lin Xun only managed to escape from the ancient ruins in the Spirit Burial Sea using the power of the Heavenly Water Sacred Bead.

However, the Omega Door had long destroyed and refined the Heavenly Water Sacred Bead and transformed it into the purest power and integrated it into Lin Xun’s body.

Shui Qianshan wouldn’t have come all the way to the Great Three Thousand Mountains for this treasure, right?

Lin Xun was unsure.

A Life Death Stage King ignored the risk of crossing the borders and sneaking into the empire. Also he clearly stated that he came to take me away. It wouldn’t be just for the Heaven Water Sacred Bead, would it?

I don’t know.

He shook his head.

Ning Bugui didn’t ask any further questions. He got up and said, “Okay, I should go now. Little guy, if you have time in the future, you should drop by the Steel Blood Army Camp on the western frontier. I can take you onto the battlefield and we can drink to our heart’s content there!”

“Elder, thank you so much!”

Lin Xun quickly got up and bowed respectfully. Ning Bugui had given him a huge favor. The consequences would be unimaginable if Ning Bugui hadn’t shown up.

“Haha, train hard. The world belongs to you young people in the future!” Ning Bugui waved his hand and drifted away.

Lin Xun felt a warm current swirling in his heart. It was a pleasant surprise that Steel Blood King Ning Bugui suddenly appeared and helped him.

But he was touched more than anything. After all, Ning Bugui was a powerful Life Death Stage King who could shake the world! He wouldn’t just help anyone!